Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Stowers for Nick Loftin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 111	# 286
VBR	# 133	# 1145

Projections

Runs	29	12
Home Runs	11	2
RBI	33	11
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.239	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 91	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 149	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 115	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 107	# 388

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 159	# 135

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	279	187

Runs	36	27

Hits	64	43

Singles	33	23

Doubles	16	15

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	12	4

RBI	42	29

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	29	21

Strikeouts	102	29

Batting Average	.229	.230

On Base Pct	.313	.319

Slugging Pct	.437	.385

On-base Plus Slugging	.751	.705

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	211	90

Runs	29	12

Hits	51	22

Singles	28	14

Doubles	10	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	11	2

RBI	33	11

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	9

Strikeouts	71	16

Batting Average	.239	.239

On Base Pct	.326	.316

Slugging Pct	.449	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.775	.685

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
News
	Kyle Stowers went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 2-0 win over the Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Mets with a home run, two doubles, two runs scored, two RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	Kyle Stowers went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and two RBI in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Monday's win over the Phillies with two runs scored, two RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	Kyle Stowers went 4-for-5 with two home runs, three runs scored and three RBI in Friday's 12-5 victory over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th	Nick Loftin is expected to be available off the bench for the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Kyle Stowers went 3-for-6 with a triple, a double, two runs scored and two RBI in Tuesday's 14-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 1st	Nick Loftin left Saturday’s game in the ninth inning after being hit by a thrown ball. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Kyle Stowers went 1-for-2 with a home run, one walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Sunday's 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st	Nick Loftin went 4-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Rays with a home run, four runs scored, and two RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA			Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco	#212	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Stowers for Nick Loftin (2026)

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